Abstract

The title of this slim volume is misleading. Although the German Society for Endocrinology had chosen "Aldosteron" for its meeting in May, 1962, as the theme of its customary symposium, the main contributions have, as the publishers themselves are anxious to explain, appeared elsewhere, so that in this book there are to be found only three of the main papers dealing with aldosteron. The remaining contributions are short papers on various endocrine topics—many of them interesting enough but hardly meriting the publication of a monograph entitled Aldosteron at a price of $12.00. The firm, Springer—well-known for the excellence of their